Doll and method of making the same



Sept. 22, 1925.

- 1554,712 E. M. CLARK DOLL Ann "1801) or mane. 1'85 sun! Filed July 5. 1922 1 I ,INVENTOR. ELLE/v MAE/E CL/QEK.

A TTORNEY Patented 22, 1925.

iATEN'l oric DOLL.AND METHQTD OF MTAKING THE SAME.

Application filed July 5, 1922. Serial No. 572,793.

To a l 401 mm may concern Be it known that I. ELLEN hlARlE CLARK, a citizen of the United States. residing at El Cajon, in the county of Plan Diego and. Fitate of California. have ini' .ntcd a certain new and useful Doll and lrtethod of Mal-ring the Same, of which the following is a speci lication.

My invention relates to dolls. more particularly to dolls of the soft stuffed type and process for making;- the same. and the objccts of my invention are: First to provide a doll of this type which is made from parts of socks or stockings sewed together and stuffed; second, to provide a cap for a doll of this type made fron'i the foot portion of a sock; third. to provide a doll of this ype in whi h the color contrast between the body and the and arm portions giving it the appcaranceof being clothed. and between the various portions of the cap is made by cutting :LlKClHtlllZllifX the various colored arts of a sock to brine out said contrast; fourth, to provide a doll of this type in which the face members and various ornamentations are made by onibroidering the same on the respective parts of the doll;

:lifth. to provide a simple. ctlicient and ero noinical method for making a doll of this type; sixth, to provide a novelly constructed doll of this type, and a novel method for making the same from a sock, and seventh to provide a doll of this type which is very simple and ez-onon'iical of construction, unbreakable. light, soft. flexible. durable, and which will not readily deteriorate or get out of order.

With these and other objects in view as will appear hereinafter my invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts and portions and a certain method for peakinn the same as will be hereinafter described in detail and particularly set forth in the appended claims, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings and to the characters ofreference thereon which form a part of this application in which:

Figure l is a front elevational view of my doll; F i g. 2 is a side elevational view there of with portions cut away and certain other portions shown by dotted lines, to facilitate the illustration, and Fig. 3 is a plan View of a conventional white ended, ribbed top nians soclr showing by broken lines the me hod of cu ti e ck a d ho in by dotted lines a method of formingseveral of the parts and portions. 7

Like characters of reliereiiicc refer to Billi ilar parts and portions throughout the several views of the drawings.

The body covering; 1, stitching 2. head covering 3, stitching} 4 head member 5, stnilingr 6, stitching); 7. arin members 8, cap 9, stuffing 1O colored floss 11, ribbon 12, and the sewed button representations l3 constitute the principal parts and portions of my doll structure. i t

The body and leg covering 1 and l. of the doll cutt'roni the top portion of a conventional white ended, ribbed top, mans sock inter :ediate the foot portion and. the upper portion as indicated by A} shown between broken lines in Fi 8 of the d awings. The said sock portion A is split centrally a portion the distance from the normally upper end and slightly below the usually ribbed portion as indicated by A in 3 of the drawings. the said sock portion is turned inside out and stitched along); its transverse and longitudinal cut edges as dicatcd by 2 forming the leg and foot portions 1"; and 1" respectively of the doll. The ribbed upper portion of the sock represents the stockings orsocks on the doll. The head covering; 3 is preferably made lron'i a discarded portion of a light colored lisle stocking or other finely knitted. material so as to form a distinct contrast between the remainderof the doll portions. ("laid head covering 3 is secured to the body covering 1 while turned inside out and shirred slightly indicated by the stitching i: in Fig. 2

of the drawin 's. The face members 5.,and

the hair 5 are preferably en'ibroidered on said face covering; with a dark colored i'loss. After the members are secured together as described above,' they are again turned inside out with the proper side to the outside and then properly shaped with a stufling 6 which is preferably made of an inexpensive grade of cotton. To secure the stutling the head coverinp; is stitched at its upper end. as indicated by "7 in Fig. 2 ofthe drawings. The arm members 8 are made from the up per ribbed portions A and A of the sock shown in Fig. 30f the drawings. Said ribbed portions A and A are sewed to-- gether on their reverse sides at their free edges, turned inside out. stufied and sewed to the body covering: 1. a short distance below and from its neck portion as shown purposes. The button and buttonhole representations 13 are preferably embroidered in the body covering. The cap 9 is made from the foot portion A of the sock, as indicated in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The toe portion A of said sock is generally of a lighter shade than the main sock portion' and is used to form the tassel end of the cap for the doll. The remaining heel portion A of the sock is used as a stuffing 10 in the tassel end of the said cap 9 and is secured in position in the end of said cap by the colored floss 11, forming a substantially ball shaped tassel at the end of the same. Said cap is turned inwardly at its rough edge to prevent unravelling and is preferably sewedon to the head portion of the doll.

It is obvious that by using a sock having relatively lighter colored toe and upper ribbed portions a dollof the desired effect will be produced.

Though I have shown: and described a particular construction, combination and arrangement of parts and portions and a certain method for making and combining the same, I do not Wish to be limited to this particular construction, combination and arrangement nor to the particular method but desire toinclude in the scope of my invention the construction, combination andarrangement and the method substantially as set forth in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The herein described process of making a doll from White ended, ribbed top hose consisting in cutting off the foot portion and a portion from the normally upper ribbed end of said hose, then forming a body and leg portions from the remaining upper portion of the hose said leg portions being formed by splitting said upper portion on its longitudinal center a portion of its distance front the normally upper end of said hose, then securing the out edges of each leg: together, then forming a head portion by cutting an upper portion from another hose and securing the same to the upper end of the body portion, then st-ufling said con' nected portions, then stitching together the upper end of said head portion, then forming the arm members by dividing the ribbed portion cut from the normally upper ribbed end of said hose, then stuffing said arm members and securing the same to the opposite sides of the body portion, spaced from the head portion, then securing colored Wrappers about the neck, arm and leg portions so as to shape the head and shoulders and the hands and feet portions respectively, then forming a cap from the instep and toe portion of said hose, then stuffing the remaining sections of said hose into the toe end of said cap and then securing a colored Wrapper near the end of said cap forming a ball shaped tassel thereon.

2. The herein described process of making a doll from White ended, ribbed top hose consisting in cutting off the foot portion and a portion from the normally upper ribbed end of said hose, then forming a bot 3.7 and leg portions from the remaining upper portion of the hose said leg portions being formed by splitting said upper portion on its longitudinal center a portion of its distance from the normally upper end of said hose, then securing the cut edges of each leg together, then forming a head portion by cutting an upper portion from hose and securing the same to the upper end of I the body portion, then stufiing said connected portions, then stitching together the upper end of said head portion, then forming the arm members by dividing the ribbed portion cut from the normally upper ribbed end of said hose, then stuffing said arm members and securing the same to the 0pposite sides of the body portion, spaced from the head portion, then securing colored Wrappers about the neck. arm and eg portions so as to shape the head and shoulders and the hands and feet portions respectively, then forming a cap from the instep and toe portion of said hose, then stulfing the remaining sections of said hose into the toe end of said cap, then securing a rolor'ed Wrapper near the end of said cap forming a' ball shaped tassel thereon, then embroidering face members on the front side of said head portion then embroidering'hair representations on saidhead portion' and then embroidering button and buttonhole representations on said body portion.

In testimony whereof;- I have hereunto set my hand at San Diego, Calii' ornia, this Qe t h'daY of June, 1922.

ELLEN MARIE (lLAR K, 

